Here's my food for today. I've got Jenny Craig packaged food for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I then have 3 other snacks throughout the day which I've chosen as a pear, a yoghurt and one of the Jenny Craig cereal bars. It doesn't look like much on it's own, but lunch is bulked up with at least 1 cup of salad, and dinner is bulked up with at least 1 cup of veg. Lunch and dinner both have additional nutrients that I need to add (eg 1 protein, 1 starch or 1 fat).
Breakfast:
Chocolate coated wheat flakes
1/2 cup of milk, 1 banana.
Snack: 1 low fat yoghurt
Lunch:
Noodles in sweet & sour sauce
Salad, min 1 cup
Add 2 protein (I chose 1 slice of quorn bacon & 1/4 cup cheese for my salad)
* Also used 1 "limited" portion which was 1tsp of chilli sauce in my salad
Snack: 1/2 cup milk, 1 pear
Dinner:
Thai vegetable curry with rice
Add 1 protein (I chose my 1 left over slice of quorn bacon)
Cooked veg, min 1 cup (random mix of my favourites!)
Snack - Jenny Craig cereal bar.
So far the food has mostly been good. I'd say that I don't get that excited over the dinner meals to be honest. None of those have really wow-ed me. I had pearl barley and asparagus risotto for dinner last night and couldn't eat it because it tasted quite meaty, even though there was no meat in it. I know that's a bit of an odd description but it just didn't taste right and was a bit mushy and bland. Apart from that (and a mushroom stroganoff - but I don't like stroganoff anyway), I've enjoyed everything I've ate so far. I enjoy having my veg as a 'starter' and then having my dinner separately as a 'main' course!
I really love the lunches in particular - the soups are brilliant (and filling!) and there's a little pot of mashed potato with croutons and rosemary that is so stodgy and satisfying and feels like such a treat! The pasta pots do taste a bit pre-packed but are still nice. The sweet and sour noodles I had today had an amazing chilli kick to them and were packed full of flavour!
I feel like I'm eating constantly, and I'm definitely eating more often than before however I've noticed that I do get hungry at meal times whereas before the diet I was snacking, on unhealthy foods, so often that I wasn't hungry at mealtime. I definitely think this is something to do with correct portion sizes. I've been getting really bad chocolate/sugar cravings at night because that's when I'd usually sit down and snack, so I've decided to swap my after lunch snack (chocolate biscuit, cereal bar or potato bites/crisps) with my after dinner snack (fruit or a yoghurt) which has really helped.
I've stuck to the diet religiously and I haven't eaten anything from the "limited" foods (I can eat up to 3 portions of these a day if I want) apart from 1tsp of chilli sauce in my salads so I'm crossing my fingers for a loss when I weigh myself on Sunday!
If you have any questions, or anything you'd like me to cover in a post let me know!
Just a minor comment, the low-fat yogurt (Müller Light) isn't vegetarian as it contains gelatine. It's a pain that Müller Light aren't but there are lots of veggie ones available. I think most of the Activa and some supermarket own brand low-fat yogurts are but you should check the labels to be sure.
ReplyDeleteYou are JOKING?! Oh no. Oh god. I've been eating these all along. It's things like these where you just assume they are vegetarian. I feel bad now, eeek! Thank you so much for telling me! xx
ReplyDeleteI always curse when I'm staying in a hotel because they usually have one type of yogurt at breakfast and it's *always* the damn Muller Lights! People must wonder at me muttering under my breath at the cold buffet.
ReplyDeleteIt doesn't LOOK a lot but I'm thinking I might give it a go. Not sure if I have enough willpower not to run to the nearest shop and grab a multipack of monster munch though :(
ReplyDeleteWell done for sticking to it. I am VERY impressed. Hope the weigh in was a wee corker. x
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